Trolling spoon



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UNITED STATES STEVE E.'GRESSEY, SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed August 26, 1924. Serial No. 733,968.

This invention relates to trolling spoons such as used by fishermen introlling for fish. Trolling spoons have been employed which carry apolished metal surface which refleets the light and in this way attractsthe attention of the fish. These surfaces become corroded by the waterand must be constantly repolished in order to maintain theireffectiveness. The general object of the invention is to provide atrolling spoon which can be manufactured at low cost but which will be agood reflector of light and maintain its reflecting qualities withoutthe necessity for polishing it or cleaning it; also to provide a spoonof this type which can be very readily attached to the line and hook.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to bedescribed hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an eflicienttrollingspoon. 7

A. preferred embodiment of the invention.

is described in the following specification,

while the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a trolling spoon embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the trolling spoonshown in Fig. 1.

In practicing my invention I provide a translucent body having areflecting sub stance on its interior. This body is preferably ofelongated form and carries the hook or hooks behind it.

In the drawings 1 represents the body of the spoon which preferablycomprises an elongated shell 2 which is formed of a translucentmaterial, preferably of a rigid transparent material such as glass. Thisbody 1 is provided with means for attaching a line. Any suitable meansmay be used for this purpose but Iprefer to provide the body with acentral tube 4: which extends longitudinally through the shell 2 and isconnected to the same at two separated points 5 and 6 so that a chamber7 is formed within the shell around the tube. The reflecting sub-vstance is on the interior of the shell and if desired may simply be acoating of reflecting substance such as mercury on the inner face of theshell. However, in order to obtain the reflecting qualities and give thespoon the necessary weight, I fill the chamher 7 with a mass of liquidmercury 8, commonly known as quick silver. The hook or hooks 9 areconnected with the body 1 and this is accomplished by attaching them tothe rear end of the line 10 which passes through the bore of the bodyformed by the tube 4. The line 10 need not be tied or secured in any wayto the body 1 but simply passes through it, and whenthe line 10 ispulled'the forward ends of the hooks thrust against the rear end of thebody.

The tube 4: is preferably constructed of enlarged diameter at its rearend so as to form an annular shoulder 11 against which the rear end ofthe shell 2 seats and at this point the shell may be cemented or fusedto the tube. In a similar manner at the point 5 the forward end of theshell may be cemented or fused to the tube.

If desired, the hook or hooks 9 may be concealed within a screen 12 ofwhite feathers or any other desired material. The forward portion ofthis screen may be secured to the butt end of the body by an encirclingbinding wire 13 which may lie in a shallow groove formed around the body1 at the shoulder 11.

Sometimes fishermen wish to fish at night and for this purpose the body1 is provided on a portion of its interior with a luminous paint orpigment 14. This luminous portion ma be of any shape or at any point onthe b0 y but as illustrated in Fig. 1 it covers one-half of the body onone side of a central plane. In using the spoon, of course, itsmotionthrough the water may cause it to rotate and. in this way anintermittent flashing of the reflected light occurs which increasesgrgcl effectiveness of the spoon in luring the It is understood that theembodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the manyembodiments this invention may take, and I do not wish to be limited inthe practice of the invention, nor in the claims, to the particularembodiment set forth.

What I claim is:

1. A trolling spoon having an elongated hollow shell of translucentmaterial constructed to glide through the water, a mass of mercuryconfined within the shell, and a hook connected with the body.

2. A trolling spoon having a translucent body with a chamber therein, amass of mer- I cury confined within the chamber, a hook connected withthe body, and a screen for the hook.

3. A trolling spoon having an elongated translucent body in the form ofa shell, e

5 tube extending through the shell and connected to the shell atseparated points, said body having a chamber therein between the shelland the tube and between the said separated points, a reflecting liquidsubstance carried Within the chamber, and a hook connected with thebody.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 19 day of August 1924.

STEVE E. CRESSEY.

